Version: (using KDE 4.4.3) Compiler: gcc 4.5.0 OS: Linux Installed from: Archlinux Packages while Konsole background transparency does work with kwin effects or compiz, it cant be enabled with kompmgr or xcompmgr. I even tried with --force-transparency, but the results are the same. xcompmgr and kompmgr are able to perform transparency because other plasma widgets (for example panels and krunner) are transparent, so i think it is definitely an issue with konsole.
I was wrong, xcompmgr is fine, kompmgr not.
I see this problem when using xcompmgr with fluxbox. Konsole sees that there is a compositing manager present and active, so it does not complain about transparent backgrounds, but it does not activate the transparent background, even with --force-transparent.
i should also note that i am using kubuntu 10.04 with kde 4.4.2, fluxbox 1.1.1 and xcompmgr 1.1.3
I do not know what that kompmgr is, but my experiment with xcompmgr gets following result: openbox + xcompmgr --> konsole with transparency fluxbox + xcompmgr --> konsole without transparency
Further investigation implies that the root cause is fluxbox still lacks ARGB support , which is needed by konsole(correct me). openbox and fvwm do support ARGB, so konsole will have transparent background when running in them with xcompmgr. So if anyone has this problem, please check whether the WM supports ARGB first.
(In reply to comment #5) > Further investigation implies that the root cause is fluxbox still lacks ARGB > support , which is needed by konsole(correct me). > > openbox and fvwm do support ARGB, so konsole will have transparent background > when running in them with xcompmgr. > > So if anyone has this problem, please check whether the WM supports ARGB first. The first post clearly states that xcompmgr and kompmgr do NOT work. And they are just compositing managers, not window managers.